Putting it off

I'm currently reinstalling my son's (Eran) cirriculum on our family computer. His IBM laptop has apparently eaten the hard drive. Fortunately, I did a backup of his classwork last week so he should only have to go back and make up a few days. What's kind of funny is that on the way to work this morning, the DJ was bemoaning the fact that his hard drive had died and he had lost 6 years of digital pictures. What's worse is that his wife told him over and over to back up the pictures to CD. Recovering the pictures at this point requires a specialist who will charge him over $1,800 to get the photos off of the drive. He got good advice, he knew what to do, but he just put it off a little too long.

How much of our life is like that? We shout "AMEN" at the stirring words of the preacher. We eagerly read motivational and self-help books, all the while nodding our assent to the message. We even recommend the latest "thing" to our friends, neighbors, family, co-workers, and whoever else we can get to listen. But when it comes right to it, we fall victim to "I'll do it later, I've other things to do." Then when we get caught in the snare of our own making, we find ourselves looking for an excuse as to why we didn't make it happen. The bottom line is that we just didn't do it, and we have to pay the price.

What to do? Something! Anything! Don't wait any longer. The car that is moving is MUCH easier to steer that the one that is standing still. At the very worst, you'll be the one that tried and failed instead of the one who rotted in place. DO IT!!!